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The United States combats a stagnant nuclear supply chain as adversaries like Russia and China build their capacity for nuclear energy.

So-called casks of steel, concrete and lead, at more than 100 commercial nuclear power plants across the u.s. and other locations. 2,000 tons added to the pile every year. u.s. officials say the spent fuel can be safely stored in these containers for 90 years, but that's storage, not disposal, and it's the disposal problem that's got some in the industry worried. >> if the nuclear fuel is safe at the sites where it's stored now and if it can be safe almost indefinitely, why do you need a nuclear repository? >> you ultimately need it because like all wastes in this society, we have to put them ...

Tons of nuclear waste stored in so-called casks of steel, concrete and lead, and more than 100 commercial nuclear power plants in the u.s. and other locations. 2,000 tons added to the pile every year. u.s. officials say the spent fuel can be safely stored in these containers for 90 years, but that is storage, not disposal. and it's the disposal problem that has some in the industry worried. >> if the nuclear fuel is safe at the sites where it is stored now, and if it can be safe almost indefinitely, why do you need a knew career repository? >> you ultimately need a nuclear repository because, ...